environmentalism
The Climate Change Plan With Everything Except What We Really Need
Hamilton Nolan · 12/14/15 11:47AMBernie Sanders Is the First Candidate to Support a Carbon Tax
Hamilton Nolan · 12/08/15 11:58AMObama Will Reject the Keystone Pipeline
Hamilton Nolan · 11/06/15 11:00AMUrban Carbon Efficiency Could Save Trillions
Hamilton Nolan · 09/09/15 09:28AMFlorida Officials Banned from Saying "Climate Change," Employees Claim
Hudson Hongo · 03/08/15 12:45PMClimbers Leaving Everest Shit-Covered Biohazard, Sherpas Warn
Hudson Hongo · 03/04/15 12:30AMJohn Muir Forever
Hamilton Nolan · 11/13/14 02:45PMLet's Build a Lot of Crapola Around the Grand Canyon, Say Idiots
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/14 09:24AMThe Politics of a Carbon Tax
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/14 09:07AMYes, Obama Is Gutless on the Keystone Pipeline
Hamilton Nolan · 04/23/14 01:50PMU.S. Drops Bombs on Great Barrier Reef
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 07/21/13 11:02AMCarbon Dioxide Levels Reach Three Million-Year High
Hamilton Nolan · 05/10/13 01:00PMWe Have 'The Worst of All Possible Worlds' To Look Forward To
Hamilton Nolan · 05/06/13 09:57AMState Department Finds Keystone XL Won't Hurt Environment or Help Economy
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 03/02/13 02:05PMThe State Department released its report yesterday on the environmental impact of constructing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It found that the massive pipeline is "unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands," meaning that Canada will most likely proceed with developing the Alberta tar sands whether the pipeline is built or not, and it ultimately won't contribute to global warming.
Americans Aren't Using Enough Electricity
Hamilton Nolan · 01/03/13 10:10AMIf there's one thing that made this country great for the last two hundred years, it's the utility companies that built huge, fossil-fuel-burning power plants to pump out all the electricity this hungry, greedy nation could use. And how do we repay these fine industrialists now? By slowing down our electricity use. Is this Russia?
Global Warming Is Solved: Just Make Snow Out of Sewage
Hamilton Nolan · 09/27/12 08:40AMYes, sure, global warming is leading us inexorably down the path to all-out global war due to massive human displacement and destruction of resources. But let's focus on the real problem: what about ski resorts? What if people were forced to go skiing later in the season? Absolutely unacceptable. Fortunately, America is ready to tackle this problem head-on.
These Melting Ice Caps Could Be Great for Business
Hamilton Nolan · 09/19/12 08:34AMLeading scientific expert Peter Wadhams warned this week that it may be only four years until the Arctic—a place once known for its ice—experiences a total melting of its sea ice in the summer months. Wadhams called this a "global disaster" with "terrible" implications. Well Prof. Wadhams, perhaps you should change your name to Prof. Deborah Downer? Because it looks like you forgot about all the money$$$??
Oh Brother Patagonia Just Give Us a Break With This Sanctimonious Crap
Hamilton Nolan · 11/29/11 11:22AMPatagonia is a company that sells jackets with the subtle, socially responsible message "I am a significantly better human being than you." People who wear Patagonia jackets are successful enough to take ski vacations and purchase $250 items of clothing that resemble trash bags, but also conscientious enough to donate to attend lots of local environmental charity balls, in Aspen. And while you, the fat slob "average American," were scarfing down styrofoam-encased fast food and doing your "Cyber Monday" online shopping in a non-sustainable manner, Patagonia was doing something a little different for the crazy shopping day.